a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
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the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
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a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;…
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons;…
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.a field of force surrounding a charged particle
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
Used in the same subject area: Electromagnetism, Physics.the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
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the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: potential, difference, sides, membrane, nerve.
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